Join NTOCC for the next Lunch N’ Learn webinar on July 24, 2025
@ 12 PM CDT/1PM EDT
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“Mind the Discharge Summary –How to Improve Discharges to SNF”
Presented by Carl J. “Christian” Bergman, MD, CMD, FACP, AGSF
Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine,
Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth
University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
SUMMARY:
In this presentation, Dr. Bergman will review essential components of the discharge summary focusing on med errors, goals of care discussion omissions, diet miscommunication, as well as other opportunities for documentation improvement around high risk hospital discharges. The main target audience will be clinicians practicing in acute care or post-acute and long-term care medicine but the topic is also relevant for administrative leaders looking for improvement opportunities in care processes as well as KPI’s for acute care discharge processes.
Learning Objectives
1) To better appreciate the essential medical information a hospital discharge summary to a SNF care setting entails and how to best communicate such information.
2) To critically appraise a complex clinical process and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) around a system process that needs improvement.
3) To gain insight into the complex data information exchange needed for the successful execution of a high risk process, such as acute care discharge to a SNF.
SPEAKER BIO
Carl J. “Christian” Bergman, MD, CMD, FACP, AGSF is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He attended medical school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and completed his internal medicine residency and geriatric medicine fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA where he specialized in post-acute and long-term care medicine. His clinical practice focuses on post-acute and long-term care medicine with an active and engaged medical directorship model. He is associate professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA where he is focusing on improving transitions of care throughout the unique, integrated VCU Health System along the entire senior care continuum. He is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and geriatric fellows. At AGS, he is past chair of the Residents Section, past chair of the Fellows In-Training Section, an active member of the Health Systems Innovations & Technology Committee, an external guideline reviewer for AGS, and a past contributor to HealthinAging.org. At PALTmed, he serves on the Board of Director as Chair of the House of Delegates. He is past chair of the State Based Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee and past chair of the Transitions of Care subcommittee. He resides in Richmond, VA with his wife and 2 kids.